Senior Front End Engineer

FindLaw is the leading provider of business development solutions for law firms and home to the largest online destination for people with legal needs. Our integrated marketing solutions help law firms grow their practice through strategic digital marketing approaches that drive results. As part of Thomson Reuters, we have access to resources rich in experience, and the latest market trends, as well as industry-standard tools and technologies to enable our success.

As a Lead Front End Engineer, you are a critical member of an Agile team responsible for developing solutions that help our customers create a more effective digital presence. You will contribute to and drive design and development on our public-facing web properties, while collaborating closely with business partners and stakeholders (e.g. Product Manager, Data Services, Developers, QA, Architects) throughout the Agile process.

About the role:

In this opportunity as Senior Front End Engineer, you will:

• Provide thought leadership and industry best practices in support of our public-facing online applications.
• Produce high-quality, secure code that is unit tested, code reviewed, and checked in regularly for continuous integration.
• Partner in all phases of Agile delivery, such as project chartering, story mapping, and sprint planning.
• Be accountable for application integrity by promoting software development best practices that support efficient coding, maintenance, and release deployment, and reduce the likelihood of defects making their way into the production environment.
• Act as a consultant and knowledge base for our business and technology stakeholders.
• Bring a curious mindset, striving to learn something new every day, while focusing on delivering innovative solutions for our customers.

About you:

You're a fit for the role of Lead Front End Engineer if your background includes:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Management Information Sciences, Mathematics, Engineering, Business, or a similar area of functional responsibility preferred.
• 7+ years relevant software development experience focused on online applications.
• Design and development experience working with high-traffic, public-facing online properties.
• Deep experience implementing and supporting SEO strategies.
• Demonstrated ability to craft semantic HTML and CSS to meet mobile design and cross-browser requirements.
• Experience with JavaScript frameworks and related development and deployment tools (React, Node, etc.).
• Web application full-stack development experience with technologies such as HTML5, CSS, SASS, JavaScript, Foundation JS. Experience with back end language layout integration (like PHP and Java) a plus.
• Strong analytical and debugging skills, and familiarity with common debugging tools (Chrome Dev Tools, etc.).
• Experience with both back-end and front-end performance analysis including familiarity with related tools such as Adobe Analytics, Google Analytics, Adobe Launch, Google Tag Manager.
• Experience implementing AWS services is a plus.
• Experience with Cloudflare Workers a plus.
• Experience designing solutions to maximize CDN performance.
• Experience with cross-browser functional testing as well as an awareness of common web development pitfalls and solutions.
• Familiarity with A/B testing and related tools (e.g., Adobe Target, Optimost)
• Familiarity with SQL and performing data analysis with relational and XML databases. 
• Demonstrated ability to build effective cross-functional relationships.